Social strategy games in communicating trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation in cities

Urban Climate

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-116

  Juhola, Sirkku ^a   Driscoll, Patrick ^b   Mendler de Suarez, Janot ^c   Suarez, Pablo ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Games; Mitigation; Planning education; Trade offs; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881029361     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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